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Researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute have essentially put organs in microchips, which could be used for drug testing and more._ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:28 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Trump Organization May Have Engaged in Money Laundering with Russian Nationals, Researcher Alleges](/video/LnQtQLbg/) ### The Trump Organization May Have Engaged in Money Laundering with Russian Nationals, Researcher Alleges [The Organic Taste Test](/video/Hq4cf9Vb/) ### The Organic Taste Test [The New Frugality: The Organic Gardener](/video/kUnusT2X/) ### The New Frugality: The Organic Gardener --- ## Transcript As the worlds of medicine and tech continue to merge, the Wyss Institute at Harvard University has created a device that could change, and maybe completely do away with, animal testing in modern medicine. Organs on Chips is the name of this new piece of Tech and according to the Research Institute, it functions like a living organ, like the human lung. Here's what goes on inside these micro- chips. We introduce bacteria into the air channel and then we introduce white blood cells to the blood channel. We then saw the white blood cells migrate across the capillary cell layer, through the pores of the central membrane, and into the airspace where they engulfed the bacteria. Along with Lung- On- A- Chip, there's Bone- Marrow- On- A- Chip, Kidney- On- A- Chip, and researchers hope to continue making these separate devices until they have enough to mimic whole body physiology or in other words Human- Body On- Chips. Researchers say this new method limits many of the problems facing the pharmaceutical industry when testing new drugs. First, it's less expensive. According to the Wyss institute, testing a Single compound the traditional way can cost upwards of 2 million dollars. Second, because the [ UNKNOWN ] chip devices use human cells, researchers say they can better predict human responses to drugs during tests. One of the things that the pharmaceutical industry is finding is that they are have very high failure rates. Often it's because the animal model being used to develop these drugs are not predictable for human situation. And third, this option could be more sustainable then testing new and potentially dangerous drugs on animals. Also, it seems that the organ on shift devices have already gained some interest across the medical. Field. In June, Emulate Incorporated, the private company selling the tech, partnered with Janssen Pharmaceuticals which is owned by consumer goods giant Johnson and Johnson. Before that, Emulate received more than $ 40 million in grant money from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA. The organ on ship's design is also the recipient of the London Design Museum's Design of the Year. For 2015. 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